The distant drum : a memoir of a guardsman in the Great War / by F.E. Noakes ; foreword by Carol Noakes ; introduction by Peter Simkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noakes, F. E. (Frederick Elias), 1896-1953, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noakes, F. E. (Frederick Elias), 1896-1953.

Noakes, F. E.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Frontline, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""We waited in silence, each man occupied with his own secret thoughts and no doubt wrestling with his own secret fears. I think that half-hour was probably the worst I have ever spent. Slowly and inexorably the minutes passed, second by second, and the time approached which might be the end of everything for me. All my efforts to screw up my courage, all my fatalistic self-assurances that what is to be, will be, became more and more useless, and hope seemed to ooze away with every second..."" Frederick Noakes, 1917.Guardsman Frederick Noakes fought on the Western Front for the last 18 months

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Copyright; Title; Contents; FOREWORD BY CAROLE NOAKES; INTRODUCTION BY PETER SIMKINS; PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION; i TRAINING; ii IN THE TRENCHES; iii THE ""MARCH DO""; iv BEHIND THE LINE; v WITH THE 3RD BATTALION; vi THE ""BIG PUSH""; vii VICTORY; viii AFTER THE ARMISTICE; ix THE LAST PHASE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78383-989-9

1-4738-1921-0